In the rapidly evolving digital age, local traders and vendors in India face a significant challenge – the shift to online markets. While e-commerce presents new opportunities, it also poses a threat to the rich culture and heritage of India. To address this challenge and protect the hard work of local artisans and traders, we have developed "Local Lane," an innovative e-commerce platform.
India is a country with a rich and diverse culture and heritage, where local traders and vendors play a vital role in preserving and promoting the traditional crafts, arts, and products of their regions. However, with the advent of online shopping and e-commerce, these local traders and vendors face many challenges and threats, such as:
- Lack of access to a wider market and customer base
- Lack of digital skills and resources to create and manage their own online presence
- Competition from large-scale and standardized e-commerce platforms that offer lower prices and faster delivery
- Loss of identity and uniqueness of their products due to mass production and imitation
- Loss of income and livelihood due to reduced demand and sales
These challenges pose a serious risk to the survival and sustainability of the local traders and vendors, as well as the cultural diversity and heritage of India.
To address these challenges, we have created Local Lane, an e-commerce platform that enables the local traders and vendors in India to sell their products easily on the Internet. Local Lane is designed to:
- Provide a simple and user-friendly interface for both sellers and buyers
- Connect the local traders and vendors with customers across India who are interested in their products
- Showcase the variety and quality of the products offered by the local traders and vendors
- Highlight the stories and backgrounds of the local traders and vendors, as well as the cultural significance and value of their products
- Support the local traders and vendors with digital skills training, marketing assistance, and payment security Local Lane is not just an e-commerce platform, but also a social enterprise that aims to protect and empower the local traders and vendors, as well as to preserve and celebrate the rich culture and heritage of India.
Local Lane offers the following features for both sellers and buyers:
- For sellers:
- A vendor dashboard where they can log in and upload their products, manage their inventory, track their orders, and receive payments
- A product catalog where they can display their products with images, descriptions, prices, ratings, reviews, and tags
- A profile page where they can introduce themselves, their location, their craft, their story, and their contact details
- For buyers:
- A home page where they can browse through different categories of products offered by the local traders and vendors
- A product page where they can view the details of each product, such as images, descriptions, prices, ratings, reviews, etc.
- A cart feature where they can add or remove products from their shopping cart
- A checkout feature where they can enter their delivery address, choose their payment method (credit card or cash on delivery), confirm their order details, etc.
To run the Jupyter Notebook
* Clone the repository on your local system.
* Open the folder in VS Code. Then open a new terminal
* Note: we need Node and typesccript
In Terminal:
npm install in the root folder
Then cd/packages/database to go into the database folder
run npx prisma migrate dev --name init {this generate schema in database}
cd ../..
Then run:
npm run dev
Now open localhost:5173 from your browser 
Local Lane uses the following technologies for its development:
- Frontend: The frontend of the platform is developed using React, a JavaScript library for building user interfaces. React uses components to create reusable and interactive UI elements. React also uses TypeScript, a superset of JavaScript that adds static type checking and other features. The frontend also uses HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap to create the layout and style of the web pages.
- Backend: The backend of the platform is developed using Node.js, a JavaScript runtime environment that executes the code on the server side. Node.js uses Express, a web framework that provides tools and features for creating web applications. Express also uses TypeScript to enhance the code quality and readability. The backend also uses Recoil, a state management library that provides a way to share data across components.
- Database: The database of the platform is developed using PostgreSQL, a relational database management system that stores and manages the data in tables with predefined schemas. PostgreSQL also uses Prisma, an object-relational mapper that abstracts the database operations from the application logic. Prisma also uses TypeScript to generate type-safe and auto-completed queries.
Client: React, HTML, CSS, TypeScript, BootStrap
Server: NodeJS, Express
Database PostgreSQL
Other Prisma, S3 Bucket
Languages TypeScript